Yoshtoi Petrovna

Yoshtoi Petrova was born in Barovia in the years immediately prior to 674 BC. He had not less than one sister and two brothers. The Petrovna family had been belonged to the nobility of Barovia (Prime Material Plane) and perhaps remained part of the nobility of Barovia three centuries later. It had, however, isolated itself in the mountains and had succumbed, at to a degree, to the evils of inbreeding. His brother younger brother Yagno, among a family that probably had more than its fair share of madness, was deemed to be deranged. Yagno carried on discourses with non-existent people and cowered before non-existent creatures. Yoshtoi bullied and beat Yagno. One night Yoshtoi locked Yagno out in the Barovian night. Terrified, Yagno ultimately took shelter in a small cave where he eventually succumbed to exhaustion and sleep. In the morning, he found the word Zhakata scrawled upon it wall. He imagined that Zhakata was a god that had protected him from the creatures of the night and he entered gladly into the deity's service. Yagno at the age of twenty-two had found his calling. Sadly, the word had been put upon the wall by Yoshtoi.

Yagno Petrovna was born in Barovia in 674 BC. He had not less than one sister and two brothers. Although bright, he was born with neither the vitality nor the strength typical of his family, and was moreover clumsy and painfully thin. Throughout his childhood and youth, he was bullied and beaten by his brothers. The Petrovna family had been belonged to the nobility of Barovia (Prime Material Plane) and perhaps remained part of the nobility of Barovia three centuries later. It had, however, isolated itself in the mountains and had succumbed, at to a degree, to the evils of inbreeding. Yagno, among a family that probably had more than its fair share of madness, was himself deemed to be deranged. He carried on discourses with non-existent people and cowered before non-existent creatures. One night he was locked out in the Barovian night by his older brother Yoshtoi. Terrified, he ultimately took shelter in a small cave where he eventually succumbed to exhaustion and sleep. In the morning, he found the word Zhakata scrawled upon it wall. He imagined that Zhakata was a god that had protected him from the creatures of the night and he entered gladly into the service of the deity. Yagno at the age of twenty-two had found his calling. He build an altar in the cave and began sacrificing animals to Zkakata. Sadly, the word had been put upon the wall by his older brother. When Yoshtoi was murdered by parties unknown, suspicion fell on Yagno, and he may well have sacrificed his brother on that same altar. There were other disappearances and deaths too, those Wladomir, the family's oldest retainer, and the shepherd twins Elessi and Evanda, who supposedly committed suicide. In 702 BC, Yagno was caught attempting to sacrifice his sister's newborn to Zhakata and was put to flight. He entered the Mists on the northern frontier of Markovia where the domain of G'Henna came into being with him as its darklord.

References

Gazetteer I, p. 15.

Domains of Dread

Circle of Darkness, p. 2-3.

When Yoshtoi was murdered by parties unknown, suspicion fell on Yagno, and he may well have sacrificed his brother on that same altar.

References

Gazetteer I, p. 15.

Domains of Dread

Circle of Darkness, p. 2-3.

Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue

		Circle of Darkness
		Circle of Darkness - p3